Improvement in gear-buttons for flour-packers



L. CREVE'LING. Bean-Buttons for Hour-Packers;

v 146,806. Patented J'an.27, 1874-.

Inventor:

Attorneys.

PATENT OFFICE,

LEWIS CBEVELIXG, OF AKRON, OHIO.

lMPR'OVEMENT IN GEAR-BUTTONS FOR FLOUR-PACKERS.

Specification, forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,806, dated January527, 1874; application filed February 21, 1872 y To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, Lnwrs CREVELING, of Akron, Summit county, and Stateof Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Adjustable Gear-Button ofFlour-Packing Machines, of which the following is a specification:

Figure l is a front View of my improved button, and Fig; 2 is ahorizontal section on the line C C, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of my invention is to supply in the place of the button atpresent in use for throwing flour-packing machines out of gear, onewhich obviates the disadvantages of the old button, and allows an easyand quick adjustment to any position required controlling thereby moreexactly the throwing out of gear of the machine, and packing the barrelsand sacks more evenly as to weight.

My invention consists in the application of a Trail to the uprightframe-piece of the platform on which the barrels and sacks are placed,with a button slotted to correspond, which may be set firmly thereon bymeans of a thumbscrew in the position required to pack the barrels orsacks, and then throw the machine out of gear. The button used atpresent is applied to the upright piece of the platformframeby means ofa bolt, washer, and nut placed in holes about an inch apart from eachother. To adjust the throwing out of gear, the button must be unscrewed,the bolt taken out, placed in the hole required, washer and nutadjusted, losing thereby a great deal of time without being able to makefractional changes, and use themachine with greater exactness.

In the drawing, A representsthe vertical piece of the platform-frame onwhich the barrels or sacks are placed to be packed, which is guided bythe upright post B of the flourpacking machine. The button-rail G, of Tshape, is firmly applied to piece A by screws 0, or other suitablemeans, in such a manner that, along the bridge part of the T, button 1)may be readily moved up and down, and adjusted thereon at any desirablepoint, by means of thumb screw E. A' side extension of the button E runsalong guidepost 13, and serves to throw the packing-machine out of gearat the time required. This button may be quickly and exactly set withoutloss of time, and a more minute control over the packing be obtained,making the whole machine more useful and suitable for the purpose.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Pat ent The button 1.) of a flour-packing machine, adjustableon T-rail G of upright frame-piece A by means of thumb-screw E,substantially as and for the purpose described;

LEWIS GREVE LING.

Witnesses:

A. H. CEMMINS, ALBERT ALLEN.

